Garment supporter



H. v. CLAUSEN. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 192].

Patented June 27, 1922.,

INVENTOR I /oLGEE M LAUS WITNESSES A TTOR/VEYS HOLGER V. CLAUSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT snrronrnn.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoLenR V. CLAUSEN, citizen of Denmark, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment Supporter, of which the following is a description.

My invention while adapted to be e1nbodied in other garment supporting articles is more particularly designed for embodiment in garters.

The general object of the invention is to provide a novel spring connection for'the band to serve the purpose of elastic webbing. More specifically, the invention has for an object to provide a practical embodiment of the spring connection reflecting important consideration with respect to efficiency and facility witlrwhich the band may be connected with or disconnected from the spring, as well as to prevent the spring from resulting in discomfort to the wearer.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of two examples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a garter embodying my invention, part of the Shield being broken out to show the sprlng;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33, Figure 1; I

Figure at is a section on the line 44t, Figure 1" Fig ure 5.is aview similar to Figure 2 but illustrating a form of the invention in which both ends of the spring are detachably connected with the band;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary front View, of the devicesshown in Figure 5, a part of the shield being broken out.

In embodying my invention in a garter, a band 10 is provided of suitable webbing which may be, and preferably is, non-elastic. On one end of the band is provided any suitable clasp 11, here shown as an eye formed integral with'a metallic loop 12 over which the webbing is returned and adjustably secured by any suitable buckle 13. The clasp element 11 is adapted to be engaged bv a co-acting fastener element 14; preferably a round head which is secured to or formed upon the adjacent substantially straight terminal 15 of a spring 16 within the shield Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J n 27 1922 Application filed January 19, 1921.

Serial No. 438,436.

17 of the garter. The spring 16 is com posed of wide alternate bends or corrugations in approximately the same plane so that the spring lies substantially flat within the shield to prevent discomfort to the wearer. The central loop or bend of the spring is secured as at 18 by stitching or otherwise to the shield so that the spring may yield and extend at each end relatively to the immovable central portion.

In the form shown in Figures 1 to 41 that end of the band 10 opposite the detachable fastening element 11 is passed throughan end opening or slot 21 presented by the adjacent end of the shield 17 so that the end of the band enters the shield between the front and back thereof and is adapted to have sliding movement with the stressing and retraction of the spring at that end. As a means for connecting the end of the band 10 adjacent to the opening 21, I have shown a loo-p 20 formed integral with the adjacent straight terminal 19 of the spring 16 over which loop the webbing of the band is returned and secured by sewing. The connection between the web and the loop 20 is thus at the interior of the shield 17. The

connection with the opposite end of the hand through the medium of the fastener coacting elements 11, 14 is at the exterior of the shield, for which purposethe adjacent end 15 of the spring passes outwardly through a hole 22 in the front of the shield and is offset forwardly so that the ball 14: lies in a plane at the front of the shield, so that the engagement or disengagement of the ele- V ments 11, 14, may be conveniently effected.

Vith the elements 11, 1st, engaged, the spring 16 will maintain the band under tension to holdthe device in position.

In the form shown in Figures 5 and 6, the described devices are preserved except that instead of passing one end of the hand through an opening 21, provision is made for securing that end of the band as well as the other end detachably to the spring at the exterior of the shield. Thus, the terminal 19 corresponding with the terminal 19 passes outwardly through a hole 22 in front of the shield and is provided with an offset ball head 14- corresponding substan tially with the head 14. Said ball head 14 is adapted to snap into an eye 20 correspondingwith the eye 11 and formed integrally with a metallic loop 20 about which the adjacent end of the webbing is suitably secured. Said webbing leads to the loop 2O through loop 21 secured to the adjacent end of the shield 17, so that the end of the band with the loop 20 and eye 2O lies at the front of the shield to be readily engaged with or disengaged from. the ball head 14?. The numeral 23 indicates a hose-engaging device of known form suspended from the shield l7 as in garment supporters of this same general class. H Ijwould statein conclusion that while the illustrated examples constitute practical embodiments of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: a

1. A garment supporter of the class described, including a strip, a shield, a spring housed within the shield, means at the exterior of the shield atthe front of the same and affording a detachable connection between an end of the spring and the strip, and means carried by said shield independently of the spring for attaching the shield to a garment to be supported. 2. A garment supporter of the class described, including a band, a shield between the ends of the band, a spring in the shield having a plurality of opposite bends in the same plane, to lie substantially flat against the shield, and means to eifect a detachable connection between the band and spring at an end of the latter, the material of the shield extendingin unbroken continuity at the back of the spring, the connection being independent of the shield to move relatively to the shield without aifecting the latter.

3. A garment supporter of the class described, including a band, a shield between the ends of the band, spring means within the shield, and means to establish a direct connection between the spring means and the band ends. s

4. A garment supporter of the class described, including a band, a shield between the ends ofthe band, spring means within theshield, and means to establish a direct connection between the spring means and the band ends, the connection with one end of the band being detachable.

pansible from a central point, and means to connect the respective ends of the band with the respective ends of the spring, the fastening means for one end of the spring being disposed at the front of the shield.

6. A garment supporter, includinga shield,

a band completing with the shield a continuous supporter and a spring within the shield and lying against the same in substantially flat form in one plane, the band at one end being movable relatively to the shield and connected with the spring in front of the shield.

7. A garment supporter of the class described, including a band, a shield between the ends of the band, a spring presenting bends in substantially a single plane and disposed within the shield between the front and back thereof and held therein, an end of said spring extending through the shield to the front of the latter, a fastener element on said end of the spring, a coacting fastener element on the adjacent end of the band and adapted to detachably engage the first-mentioned fastener element, and a connection for the other end of the band to complete a continuous supporter.

8. A device of the class described, including a band, a shield, and a spring for effecting connection between the shield and the band, said spring having bends back and forth in thesame plane to form a succession of resilient connected members lying fiat against theshield, the material of the shield extending continuously at the back of said spring. V s 9. In a device of'the class'described, a garment-supporting element, a spring to which an end of said element'is secured, a shield carrying said spring, said spring presenting a plurality of bends 'back and forth in the same plane to form a succession of'resilient connected members lying flat against the shield, the'material of the shield extending in unbroken continuity at the back of said spring.

HOLGER V. CLAUSEN. 

